Ferrous Scrap Buyer

Commercial Metals; Birmingham (AL); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Day 1 Benefits Coverage

Day 1 PTO

401(k) Match

Bonuses

Life & Disability Insurance

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Training & Advancement

Job summary

Commercial Metals is seeking a Ferrous Scrap Buyer to market and procure ferrous scrap within the designated region, optimizing supply lanes and margins. You will collaborate with the trading team, mills, and external suppliers to maximize value.

You will build relationships across internal recycling operations and external customers, applying a trading mindset to improve scrap flows, pricing, and freight while supporting regional goals.

Qualifications

• Experience in ferrous scrap, metals trading, recycling, or related role.
• Pricing, negotiation, relationship management, market analysis, margin optimization.
• Ability to work cross-functionally with mills, recycling operations, and logistics.
• Clear, timely communication of market trends and updates.
• Familiar with spreadsheets and ERP/CRM systems for process improvements.

Responsibilities

• Manage the territory to reflect company culture and support stakeholder relationships.
• Position the territory's ferrous scrap to meet regional goals.
• Coordinate with Trading to align with regional objectives.
• Build and maintain strong internal relationships with mills and recycling teams.
• Develop external relationships with key third party consumers and mills.
• Apply trading mindset to optimize scrap flows, quality, pricing, and freight.
• Monitor market trends and communicate developments to stakeholders.
• Drive administrative efficiency improvements and vendor portal usage.
• Partner with Logistics to reduce freight costs and improve asset efficiency.

Skills

Ferrous Scrap Trading

Pricing & Negotiation

Market Analysis

Cross-functional Collaboration

Communication

Education

Bachelor's Degree preferred

Tools

ERP/CRM Tools

Spreadsheets

Job description

There's more to CMC than our products and the buildings, structures, and roads they go into. At CMC, it's the people inside our recycling centers, fabrication plants, manufacturing facilities, steel mills and offices that make us who we are as a company. Our success comes from finding, retaining, and supporting the highest quality talent by offering:

• Day 1 Benefits Coverage with low cost Medical, Vision, Dental
• Day 1 Paid-time Off and Vacation
• 4.5% Company Match 401(k) plan
• Competitive Compensation and Bonuses
• Company-paid Life and Disability Insurance
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Training and Advancement Opportunities

Why This Job

The Ferrous Scrap Buyer is responsible for marketing ferrous scrap within the region, positioning and procuring material for designated consumers, and optimizing supply lanes within the assigned territory. This role partners closely with the trading team, mills, recycling operations, and external suppliers to optimize scrap flows, quality, pricing, and freight while improving customer value and recycling margins.

What You'll Do

• Manage the assigned trading territory in a way that reflects the company's culture and supports strong stakeholder relationships
  
• Position the territory's ferrous scrap
  
• Coordinate the territory's ferrous scrap position with the Trading team to align with regional goals
  
• Build and maintain strong internal relationships with mill and recycling teams at all levels
  
• Develop strong external relationships with key third party consumers, mills and foundries
  
• Apply a trading mindset to optimize scrap flows, quality, pricing, and freight across mills and recycling plants
  
• Monitor market trends and communicate developments to stakeholders in a timely manner
  
• Drive administrative efficiency improvements (e.g., vendor portal utilization and process enhancements)
  
• Partner with Logistics to reduce freight costs and improve asset efficiency
  

What You'll Need

• Experience in ferrous scrap, metals trading, recycling, steel mill procurement/sales, commodities, or a closely related industrial commercial role (level to be aligned to the position's scope)
  
• Pricing and negotiation, relationship management, market analysis, margin and cost optimization, and disciplined deal execution
  
• Ability to work cross-functionally with mills, recycling operations, and logistics to optimize freight and material flow
  
• Clear, timely communication of market trends and internal/external updates
  
• Comfort with standard business systems (spreadsheets, ERP/CRM tools) and process improvement
  

Your Education

• Bachelor's Degree preferred, but not required. Equivalent experience and skills can be a substituted for education.
  

We are CMC, a Fortune 500 company at the leading edge of our industry. Our construction reinforcement and steel products have supported construction projects and structures around the world. The secret to our success? We've built our legacy by assembling a team of innovators and doers to tackle some of the most challenging construction reinforcement problems facing our world for more than 100 years - and we're just getting started.

If you're ready to join a team working to make our industry more sustainable, support the bridges, roadways, buildings and infrastructure that connects our communities, and do meaningful work, you're ready to joinCMC. Let's build a better world!

CMC is committed to providing equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, physical or mental disability, national origin, citizenship, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, or other status protected by federal, state or local law.

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